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| casualties2 = '''7,500'''<br>5,700 killed and wounded<br>1,800 captured<br>28 guns<br>8 ''[[mitrailleuse]]''| |
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{{Campaignbox Franco-Prussian War}} |
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The '''Battle of Beaumont''' on 30 August 1870 was won by [[Prussia]] during the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. |
The '''Battle of Beaumont''' on 30 August 1870 was won by [[Prussia]] during the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. |
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It was fought between the French [[5th Army Corps (France)|V Corps]] under general [[Pierre Louis Charles de Failly]], and [[IV Corps (German Empire)|IV Corps]] under general [[Constantin von Alvensleben]], [[XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps|XII Corps]] under [[George, King of Saxony|Prince Georg of Saxony]] along with the [[I Royal Bavarian Corps]] under general [[Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen|Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann]]. The French were surprised in their [[cantonment]]s and driven back upon Mouzon, with losses of 7,500 men and 42 guns to the Germans' 3,400.{{sfn|Howard|1991|p=161}}{{sfn|Wawro| |
It was fought between the French [[5th Army Corps (France)|V Corps]] under general [[Pierre Louis Charles de Failly]], and [[IV Corps (German Empire)|IV Corps]] under general [[Constantin von Alvensleben]], [[XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps|XII Corps]] under [[George, King of Saxony|Prince Georg of Saxony]] along with the [[I Royal Bavarian Corps]] under general [[Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen|Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann]]. The French were surprised in their [[cantonment]]s and driven back upon Mouzon, with losses of 7,500 men and 42 guns to the Germans' 3,400.{{sfn|Howard|1991|p=161}}{{sfn|Wawro|2003|p=209}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Clodfelter |first=M. |url=https://archive.org/details/warfarearmedconf0000clod |title=Warfare and armed conflicts : a statistical encyclopedia of casualty and other figures, 1494-2007 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |year=2008 |isbn=978-0786433193}} |
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⚫ | * {{cite book |last=Howard |first=M. |author-link=Michael Howard (historian) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MvaIAgAAQBAJ&q=Battle+of+Beaumont |title=The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870–1871 |orig-year=1961 |year=1991 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=0-415-26671-8}} |
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The Battle of Beaumont on 30 August 1870 was won by Prussia during the Franco-Prussian War.
It was fought between the French V Corps under general Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, and IV Corps under general Constantin von Alvensleben, XII Corps under Prince Georg of Saxony along with the I Royal Bavarian Corps under general Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann. The French were surprised in their cantonments and driven back upon Mouzon, with losses of 7,500 men and 42 guns to the Germans' 3,400.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Howard 1991, p. 161.
- ^ Wawro 2003, p. 209.
Bibliography
[edit]- Clodfelter, M. (2008). Warfare and armed conflicts : a statistical encyclopedia of casualty and other figures, 1494-2007. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0786433193.
- Howard, M. (1991) [1961]. The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870–1871. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26671-8.
- Wawro, G. (2003). The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870–1871. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-58436-1.